Continuity mistake: Rachel throws a couple of suitcases and Jamie throws 2 more and a sleeping bag down the stairs. Next shot shows a chair and boxes that were never thrown. (01:08:10)

Halloween 4 (1988)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Dwight H. Little
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, George P. Wilbur
The police shoot Michael Myers in the torso with a shotgun. He is blown back and falls down a mine shaft. The cops throw a stick of dynamite down the shaft which causes it to cave in. Later that night, Jamie Lloyd "becomes" Michael Myers and kills her stepmother with a pair of scissors.
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Answer: Likely because keeping Michael in a maximum security facility was seen as a waste of time/resources given he had been in a coma for years.
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